- Date:
- 1972-05-03
- Main contributors:
- Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017, Rickliffe, Denise
- Summary:
- In this session of the Afro-American in Indiana, host Rev. Boniface Hardin and featured guests sister Jane Edward Schilling and Denise Rickliffe discuss the Pennville and Penn Township Underground Railroad. Topics covered in this episode focus on the lack of connection with Levi Coffin house, the lack of Black settlements in Pennville, physical remnants of the Underground Railroad, issues while conducting research on fugitive slaves, and connections between Black settlements and Quakers. Major figures discussed are Miriam Edmundson, Rachel Sullivan, and the Paxson, Lewis, and Sullivan families.